morriñento
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From morriña (“murrain; homesickness”) + -ento. Cognate with Portuguese morrinhento.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]morriñento (feminine morriñenta, masculine plural morriñentos, feminine plural morriñentas)
- (figurative) melancholic
- (figurative) suffering homesickness
- (figurative, of the weather) drizzly
- murrained
- dirty
- weakened
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morriñento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morriñento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morriñento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN